Horatio Luro - Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro, born in Argentina on February 27, 1901 - died December 16, 1991, was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer. In a career that spanned 48 years from 1937 to 1984, Horatio Luro trained 43 Stakes winners and 3 Champions, the most notable of which was Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Northern Dancer. A 1989 book, The Grand Senor Horatio Luro by horse-racing author, Joe Hirsch, told his life story. He is a member of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. This is an article "stub.".
1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland, Canada; it is Morse code for the letter "S." Cleveland Indians founded Europium discovered by Eugéne Demarcay First prototype Harley-Davidson created Okapi discovered (previously known only to local natives) Katsura Taro becomes Prime Minister of Japan The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm End of Boxer Rebellion in China Independent Maya of Eastern Yucatan surrender to Mexico Year in topic 1901 in film 1901 in literature 1901 in music "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Rachmaninoff 1901 in sports Baseball (US) : The American and National Leagues agree to peacefully coexist and organise a World Series between their champions, which would be first held in 1903. Births January 3 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (+ 1963) January.
1991 - its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. Winter - Centennial of Basketball November 14 - American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103. November 14 - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after 13 years of exile. November 18 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon set Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland free. November 27 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts UN Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia. [1] December 4 - Journalist Terry Anderson is released after a seven years' captivity as a hostage in Beirut (he was the last and longest-held American hostage.
1991 in sports - - Monica Seles Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf US Open - Monica Seles Davis Cup: France won 3-1 over the United States in world tennis. General sporting events Embassy World Snooker Championship: John Parrott won 18-11 over Jimmy White Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion: Rick Swenson won with lead dog: Goose Births Deaths January 3 - Luke Appling, Major League Baseball player (1930-1950) January 21 - Red Grange, National Football League great March 2 - James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro League baseball star April 4 - Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player April 20 - Bucky Walters, Major League Baseball pitcher (1934-1950) April 25 - Theo Laseroms, Dutch soccer player May 6 - Chucky Mullins, United States soccer player May 20 - Pete Runnels, Major League Baseball player (1951-1964) June.
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - Bill Hartack Sandy Hawley Julie Krone Johnny Longden Chris McCarron Walter Miller Laffit Pincay, Jr Bill Shoemaker Gary Stevens Ron Turcotte Nash Turner Bobby Ussery Jacinto Vasquez Trainers in the Hall of Fame: Laz Barrera Frank Childs William Duke Thomas Healey Max Hirsch LeRoy Jolley Lucien Laurin D. Wayne Lukas Horatio Luro Henry McDaniel W. F. Mulholland Woody Stephens Frank Whiteley, Jr Charles Whittingham.
Northern Dancer - with Nearco, producing a colt named Nearctic. From the first crop of Nearctic, Taylor bred Northern Dancer. - Northern Dancer - Breeder: E.P. Taylor Owner: E.P. Taylor Trainer: Horatio Luro Northern Dancer was ridden by Ron Turcotte in his first victory as a two-year-old. His best season came in 1964 at age 3 when, ridden by jockey Bill Hartack, he won the Flamingo, Florida Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Queen's Plate. He was also named Champion 3-year-old of 1964. Northern Dancer stood at Taylor's stud farm in Maryland until his retirement and was the most successful sire in thoroughbred horse-racing history. His offspring have earned more money and won more major stakes races than those of any other sire, including North American and European champions..
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 - October 21, 1805), British naval officer, won fame as a leading naval commander before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar made him one of Britain's greatest national heroes. His title in full was Vice Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile, Baron Nelson of the Nile, K.B.. In addition to these British titles he was also Duke of Bronte in the nobility of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, and a Knight of the Ottoman Empire's Order of the Crescent. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early life 2 Command 3 Admiralty 4.
Horatio Alger, Jr. - Horatio Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American author, a leading proponent of social darwinism during the Gilded Age (1865-1900), who wrote over 130 dime novels, describing how down-and-out boys were able to achieve the American dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. Poorly written and repetitive, the novels have declined in popularity as Alger's target audience grew more sophisticated. Nevertheless, at the time of their writing they were bestsellers, and Alger's books actually rivaled those of Mark Twain for popularity. As the American dream was taking shape, Alger gave hope for a brighter future to millions of young men who were then living on the brink of society. Alger.
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (born June 24, 1850; died June 5, 1916) was a British Field Marshal and statesman. Kitchener was born in County Kerry, Ireland. Educated in Switzerland and at the Royal Military Academy he offered to fight with the French in the Franco-Prussian War before he joined the Royal Engineers in 1871. He served in Palestine, Egypt, and Cyprus as a surveyor, learned Arabic and prepared detailed trigonometrical maps of the areas. He later served as a Vice-Consul in Anatolia and in 1884 as an Aide de Camp during the failed Gordon relief expedition in the Sudan, at this time his fiancee, and possibly the only love of his life, Hermione Baker, died.
Horatio Greenough - Horatio Greenough Horatio Greenough (1805-1852), US sculptor. Greenough studied in Rome from 1826; he became influenced by Bertel Thorvaldsen whom he greatly admired. In 1832, he received an order from the US Congress for a large statue of George Washington for the Capitol Rotund. When completed, this work caused much of controversy: the classical style did not agree with American taste. The statue was put up in changing localities - today it can be seen at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C..
Horatio, Arkansas - Horatio, Arkansas Horatio is a city located in Sevier County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 997. Geography Horatio is located at 33°56'21" North, 94°21'13" West (33.939077, -94.353695)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²). 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 997 people, 377 households, and 265 families residing in the city. The population density is 210.4/km² (546.0/mi²). There are 423 housing units at an average density of 89.2/km² (231.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 84.95% White, 2.71% African American, 1.81% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.00% Pacific.
Horatio Hornblower - Horatio Hornblower Horatio Hornblower is the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester. The novels trace Hornblower's career in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The novels, in chronological order: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (collected short stories) Lieutenant Hornblower Hornblower and the Hotspur Hornblower and the Atropos Hornblower and the Crisis (collected short stories) The Happy Return A Ship of the Line Flying Colours Commodore Hornblower Lord Hornblower Hornblower in the West Indies Hornblower is mathematically adept (making a perfect landfall in an era of "dead reckoning" navigation in The Happy Return). He is philosophically opposed to corporal punishment to the extent that he contrives escape for a crewman condemned to the yard-arm in Hornblower and the Hotspur. This, despite believing that severe.
Horatio Gates - Horatio Gates Horatio Gates (1726-1806) was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He is usually credited with the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga and the later disastrous defeat at the Battle of Camden. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Career 2 Revolutionary War 3 Later events Early Career Horatio Gates was born to a couple in the service of Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, at Maldon, England in 1727. Gates received a lieutenant's commission in the British Army in 1745. He served in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession, and later was promoted to captain in the Nova Scotia provincial ranks in 1753. During the French and Indian War Gates served under General Edward Braddock in America. In 1755 he.
Horatio Nelson Jackson - Horatio Nelson Jackson Horatio Nelson Jackson (1872 - January 14, 1955) was a San Francisco, California physician who became the first person to drive an automobile across the United States. Jackson was a 31-year-old auto enthusiast who differed with the then-prevailing wisdom that the automobile was a passing fad and the plaything of rich men. While sitting in his club in San Francisco on May 18, 1903, he agreed to a $50 wager to prove that a car could be driven across the country. He accepted even though he did not own a car, had no experience driving, and had no maps to follow. Jackson convinced a young mechanic and chauffeur, Sewall Crocker, to serve as his travel companion, mechanic, and backup driver. Crocker suggested that.
Horatio Seymour - Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 - Feburary 12, 1886) was an American politican. He was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1868. (See U.S. presidential election, 1868) Horatio Seymour was born in Onondaga County, New York. He served as mayor of Utica, New York from 1842 to 1843. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and again 1863 to 1864. As governor of New York in 1863 to 1864, he became a leading Northern opponent of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War. Northern opponents of Lincoln were known as Copperheads. Seymour protested Lincoln's restriction of civil liberties during the Civil War. He also opposed the Emancipation Proclamation and the Union's military draft..
Horatio Nelson Young - Horatio Nelson Young Horatio Nelson Young, born July 19, 1845, Calais, Maine - died July 3, 1913 was an American Medal of Honor winner. Born in a small United States-Canada border town, as a young man he lived in a place where crossing the bridge over the St. Croix River to St. Stephen, New Brunswick for employment, shopping, hospitalization, or just visting friends, was an almost daily part of normal life. The two close-knit communities have shared services for more than two hundred years. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Horatio Young traveled to Boston, Massachusetts where he joined the United States Navy. On November 16, 1863, the 18-year-old boy was serving aboard the USS Lehigh, when his ship ran aground in the Charleston,.
Captain Horatio McCallister - Captain Horatio McCallister Horatio McCallister (or McAllister) is a fictional character from The Simpsons , a ship's captain. Captain Horatio McCallister's first name either comes from British admiral Horatio Nelson or fictional character Horatio Hornblower. He is named after Captain McCallister in the movie "Flying Leathernecks" or Fort McCallister. His character is based on Long John Silver. (From "More Facts" [[1]) He was also shown as the owner of The Frying Dutchman all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant: "Tis no man, tis a remorseless eatin' machine." (That is, Homer.) Captain's Quotes: "Tis nothin personal, squiddy, I heard you had a pot of gold in yer belly." "Arr, I've got customers; call me back, Ishmael." [Simpsons Archive] See also : The Simpsons.
Kitchener - Ontario - a small city in Canada Lord Horatio Kitchener - a British soldier Mount Kitchener - a mountain in the Canadian Rockies This is a disambiguation page, that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Kitchener's Army - in the Great War the then British Secretary of State for War Horatio Kitchener, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, advised forming a volunteer army of a million men. Officially called the 'New Army' it was often refered to as Kitchener's Army. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins 2 Recruitment 3 Training 4 Structure 5 See Also Origins Contrary to general cabinet belief that the war would be over by Christmas of 1914, Kitchener predicted a long and brutal war, in which, if timed right, the arrival of an overwhelming force of new, well trained and led divisions would prove a decisive blow against the Central Powers. Kitchener fought off all opposition to his plan, and all attempts to weaken or water down it's potential, including a piece meal dispersal of the regiments..
Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - Duke Adolf Frederick V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1911) John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, Governor-General of Canada (1911) Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, brother-in-law of King George V (1911) Emperor Yoshihito of Japan (1912) Sir Edward Grey, later Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Foreign Secretary (1912) Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1913) King Christian X of Denmark (1914) William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, Lord President (1914) King Albert I of the Belgians (1914) Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Secretary for War (1915) Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield (1914) Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Field Marshal, Secretary for War (1915) George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, Chancellor of the University of.
